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CLICK HERE FOR MAIL-IN CD ORDER FORM. Composer-pianist Cole Broderick is busy laying down tracks for
his eighth CD that includes more than just a few jazzy notes from the village.
In fact, Broderick whose four-part Seasons of Saratoga collection garnered a
Critic’s Choice citation from Billboard a decade ago – wrote all of the
arrangements for his latest, and possibly greatest, recording in a soundproof
room on Malta Avenue. The CD is being recorded and mixed at Sean Flynn’s
Spirit 11
Studio on Saratoga Lake. Slated for release in time for summer
enjoyment, Cole Broderick’s
Tribute to The Beatles will feature original
solo piano arrangements of such hits as
Penny
Lane, In My Life, Can’t Buy Me Love, Come Together, Eleanor Rigby
and
Love Me Do. A ninth CD
featuring additional solo piano arrangements of some all-time favorite hits by
The Beatles will be released by 2011. Two more parts will follow, culminating
with the eventual release of a four-CD collection. An earlier CD by
Broderick was In A Dream which featured original solo piano compositions
inspired by Francis auprich and the late Jennifer Danison, both of Ballston
Spa. Indeed the high-powered improvisation piece Francis Fudge and the ballad
Jenny won praise from national reviewers. Passionate about the
piano from the moment he began studying the instrument at age seven, Broderick
subsequently studied arranging and composition with Jerry Coker and Clifton
Williams at the University of Miami and made campus history when he incorporated
jazz with his classical performance in the senior recital.
Greatly influenced in his college years by Oscar Peterson and Andre Previn,
Broderick went on to receive impressive offers following his graduation with a
degree in music. He opted instead to party, playing in bars and clubs between
Fort Lauderdale and Lake Placid to support himself.
The
artist's lifestyle finally caught up with him, and in 1980, he resolved to make
a fresh start. Returning to his Capital Region roots, Broderick winterized a
rustic log cabin that his late father built on the shores of Saratoga Lake in
the 1930s and set about the business of getting his career back on track. After
forming the Cole Broderick Quartet in 1992, Broderick recorded a demo tape of
some of his original compositions and sent it to Festival Productions. The
following year, his ensemble was booked to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival
at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Energized by the
experience, Broderick recorded what would be the first in a collection of CDs
celebrating the glorious Seasons of Saratoga. The flurry of publicity that
surrounded the Billboard Critic’s Choice award that followed led to the playing
of Broderick’s music on radio stations across the USA, Canada and parts of
Europe. A regular entertainment fixture at Chez Sophie in
Saratoga Springs, Broderick has also dazzled fans at festivals, private parties
and corporate events as well as participating in enrichment programs sponsored
by Arts In Education, The Eddy and a host of other assisted living centers.
Music appreciation, he observes, knows no age barriers.
For
more information, please call 518.885.3214. |
Broderick
performed Beatles
at Music Haven concert